Kakao Piccoma is adding a short-form animation category to its Piccoma mobile application in Japan as it moves to diversify its intellectual property. The company said it has officially opened an \"Anime\" category in the app. The service provides short-form animated versions of Japanese manga and webtoons available on Piccoma. Kakao Piccoma plans to release short-form animations in line with publication timing for serialized works and to use AI technology in parts of production.

Bitcoin is attempting to recover toward $77,000 after falling below $75,000, reviving talk of potential short liquidations up to $80,000. Some traders see the drop as a temporary liquidity sweep, while others warn weak spot demand and renewed leverage could trigger more liquidations. Key factors this week include expectations of a U.S.-Iran peace deal, U.S. risk-asset strength, upcoming April PCE inflation data and Fed policy signals, rising exchange inflows to Binance, and weakening U.S. institutional demand shown by ETF outflows.